History Fanfic / ThePeaceNotPromised

* LoveMartyr: Several of Lily's friends worry that she's becoming this, and she isn't able to talk them out of it for quite some time. It doesn't help that Severus really is a gruff and prickly person, sometimes even with her; she just also gets glimpses of his softer side, his strength of character, and his capacity for selflessness.

* StarvingStudent: Zigzagged with Severus. Hogwarts provides abundant food for its students, but he was half-starved ''during the holidays'' and used the school year to recover. Even then, however, he has little taste -- or endocrine tolerance -- for anything rich, and is quite content to live on unsweetened porridge, brown bread, and black tea. His second time around, he makes a conscious effort to eat more protein, in part so that [[spoiler: he'll be less self-conscious on their wedding night]], but doesn't easily take to it.

** When Lily suggests a decoration on Severus' new robes rather than plain black, telling him he looks like a vampire, he replies that "I assure you they have [[{{Literature/Twilight}} ridiculous sparkling twits]] among their numbers as well."

It is published on Website/FanFictionDotNet ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12369512 here]]) and Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn ([[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34943608 here]]), and was completed in December 2021.

* ShootYourMate: The only way for Severus to convince Voldemort to take him on as a spy is to kill Lily. [[spoiler: He ultimately cuts off his own hand rather than let himself be magically compelled to do it.]]

''The Peace Not Promised'' is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' fanfiction by Tempest Kiro. Upon his canonical death, Severus Snape meets Albus Dumbledore in the afterlife, and is offered a chance to [[PeggySue go back to an earlier point in his life]] (shortly after the breaking of his friendship with Lily Evans), to remedy his many regrets. He accepts in hopes of keeping Lily alive; everything else, he feels, is secondary to that. However, the changes in himself and the changes he brings about once he arrives in the past have the effect of softening her anger toward him and persuading her to give him another chance.

--> '''Voldemort''': You are right. She, '''was''', very beautiful.

It is published on Website/FanfictionDotNet ([[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12369512 here]]) and Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn ([[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34943608 here]]), and was completed in December 2021.

''His life had been a mockery, so too his death it seemed. For what kind of twisted humour would force Severus Snape to relive his greatest regret? To return him to the point in his life where the only person that ever mattered in his life had already turned away.''

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/12369512 The Peace Not Promised]]'' is a ''Literature/HarryPotter'' PeggySue fanfiction by Tempest Kiro, and is completed on Website/FanfictionDotNet. Also published on Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn [[https://archiveofourown.org/works/34943608/chapters/87019792 here]].

Upon his canonical death, Severus Snape meets Albus Dumbledore in the afterlife, and is offered a chance to go back to an earlier point in his life (shortly after the breaking of his friendship with Lily Evans), to remedy his many regrets. He accepts in hopes of keeping Lily alive; everything else, he feels, is secondary to that. However, the changes in himself and the changes he brings about once he arrives in the past have the effect of softening her anger toward him and persuading her to give him another chance.

* ReformationAcknowledgment: Lily's father Martin is initially opposed to her and Severus dating, knowing that Severus comes from an abusive household, and that he has called Lily by a racial slur once when he lost his temper (but not knowing that Severus is now [[PeggySue several decades older]] and has spent that time regretting his choices), and Severus acknowledges that he has cause. However, after observing Severus over the summer holidays, seeing his dedication to keeping his word, his sincere devotion to Lily, and his respect, Martin decides that he has indeed changed.

* HomeworkSlave: Upon [[PeggySue arriving in his younger body]], Severus is surprised and somewhat disgusted to learn that he's been involved in completing other students' homework for them. Putting an end to it precipitates an early confrontation with Owen Mulciber, who isn't pleased about Severus stepping out of line -- but Severus still has all his adult dueling skill and is more than prepared for him.

* ExplosiveResults: Lily visits Severus' lab and they share an AlmostKiss -- until he realises that he's lost track of the time, and pushes her to the ground just before the cauldron explodes.

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** Turned UpToEleven with Sirius Black, who has slept with most of the school and has a steady casual relationship with a girl for hookups between relationships.

* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Voldemort used legilimency to implant his own memories of killing Lily in Snape's mind. The really messed up part is that Voldemort intended it to be a "gift" for being a loyal servant.

** Dumbledore tries to be encouraging to his retiring Divination teacher, whose Sight has apparently been mixing up the old and new timelines ever since Severus returned, and who consequently believes he's losing it.

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* ActionGirl: Lily doesn't have Severus' lifetime of experience, nor does she have serious combat instincts, but she can take care of herself. The first time she's seen clashing with Slytherin bullies, she humiliates Mulciber badly enough to cement his loss of status in the house. She tries to keep herself safe, but can't resist going out to make a difference [[spoiler:during the Battle of Hogwarts, such as distracting Bellatrix Lestrange from attacking the wounded in the Great Hall, thus saving many lives. She's eventually the one to kill Tom Riddle, stabbing him with the Sword of Gryffindor after his Horcruxes are destroyed.]]